Are you a mom who developed Diabetes during your first Trimester of pregnancy?
i am really scared for the health of my baby. i have what doctors call Digestanal (?) Diabetes and I am scared that the baby will have a birth defect. I am currently 8 weeks pregnant and the doctor mentioned that getting diabetes in the first trimester of pregnancy is odd. i am in a eating plan, and I am being taken care of, but i would like to know your experience. I would like to know if your pregnancy was successful and is your baby healthy. My doctor also mentioned that i can have a miscarriage. my blood sugar is really high in the morning so its really scaring me. Any comments will help. thanks ladies
I've had gestational diabetes with both my pregnancies. It doesn't cause any birth defects. It does cause the babies to grow very large, so I was induced 3 and 4 weeks early. It makes the children more likely to develop diabetes in their lives, so it is very important to teach them good eating habits.
Had you ever been tested for diabetes before the pregnancy? It is possible that you were diabetic or pre-diabetic before and had just never known. That could account for why it developed so early.
High sugar in the morning is a concern. I found that if I slept in my sugar would be much higher, but if I got up earlier with my husband it would be in range. Maybe you could try waking a little earlier and eating breakfast soon, so your sugar doesn't spike.
When my first daughter was born, her sugar dropped too low. (She was used to having a lot of extra glucose from me.) She was put on a glucose IV and then a feeding tube. We couldn't take her home for a few extra days. So, when my second daughter was born, I had her eat as immediately as she could and we didn't have the same issues. I was pretty upset that when my first was born no one had any urgency for her to eat because that seemed to make all the difference.
My girls are 1 and 2 now and both are growing well and very healthy.
I wish you the best of luck!
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